Investing.com – Belgium stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET), which rose 4.51% or 1.86 points to trade at 43.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 2.10% or 1.28 points to end at 62.10 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.02% or 0.13 points to 12.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.40% or 2.300 points to trade at 93.580 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 1.93% or 0.70 points to end at 35.57 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 1.49% or 0.94 points to 62.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 69 to 34 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) rose to all time highs; rising 2.10% or 1.28 to 62.10.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.34% or 4.20 to $1243.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.66% or 1.40 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.18 to trade at $60.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.1303, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 97.450.